Do you guys think you could help me find a graphic card for my friend?

[Crescent13]

He says he can spend up to $100, he has a $400 dell (including the price of the monitor), and wants to play on something better than the integrated graphics. He has a 2.9Ghz Celery, 256mb ram, 40gig hdd, you get the picture. He would be playing at 1280x1024, and the absolute toughest game he will probably ever play (in terms of graphic stress), would be Half life 2/cs source. All the other games are like dungeon siege, etc. I was thinking 7300GS but do you guys think you could find something better?

P.S. he says he can spend $100 INCLUDING the shipping.

 

[hardwareking]

try the geforce 7300 gt when it comes out.It's bound to be better than all the entry level cards that are there right now.If u can't wait,get a radeon x1300 pro or if ur friend can spend $20-30 etc a radeon x1600 pro.

 

[Fadey]

the card prolly wont be able to do much since the system only has 256 ram.. so dont go nuts.

 

[Bull Dog]

HE needs more ram before ANYTHING else.

 

[Sunrise089]

Does he have a PCIe slot? How about springing for a gig of RAM, or 512 if a gig is too much, and then a used X800GTO or something else that would have been heavily discounted.

 

[Crescent13]

Allright. I'll probably just tell him to get some more ram first then

 

[sindows]

used X800 Pro @newegg

This card will beat just about anything in the price range

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
Allright. I'll probably just tell him to get some more ram first then

looking at those specs i doubt he even has a pci-e slot. Dell doesnt normally have pci-e video card slots on their low end comps.

 

[Nightmare225]

If agp, I'd go with a used X1600PRO from Newegg

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: Nightmare225
If agp, I'd go with a used X1600PRO from Newegg

Dell doesnt use agp anymore. on their cheap comps there is NO slot for video cards.

 

[akshayt]

What about 6600GT

 

[secretanchitman]

get him a 2x512MB (1GB) kit and a 6200/6600 (GT maybe but thats pushing it).

actually, i would just get him more ram. ive heard that the low-end dell computers dont have slots for video cards.

oh hahaha, toyota beat me to it!

 

[BATCH71]

Hi,

This card is fabulous for the $$$ and Gary "Carpenter" is a superb trader in the for sale forums. Tell him I "batch71" sent you and he will hook you and your buddy up

9800XT 256MB Radeon for $85 shipped

Excellent card, mature drivers, overclocks like a bastid', cheap!!!!!

Good Luck!

Dave